Freelance Wedding Photographer Job Application

As you may know, our team is composed of three master photographers and a group of very talented assistant photographers. Each assistant operates his or her own studio; and each were carefully selected for their combination of talent, creativity, and personality.

If you contact us about second shooting and we fail to get back to you, we apologize. We only check our list of applications when we have a need. However, feel free to express your interest below; and we will contact you if and when you are needed.

Locations

We’re located in Orange County, CA, but we shoot weddings and events all over the globe. We shoot the majority of our weddings right here in the Los Angeles and Orange County Area. Another 10%-15% are shot in Santa Barbara, 10%-15% in San Diego, 10%-15% in the San Francisco Bay Area, and 10%-15% in destination locations. With that said, the majority of our assistant needs are for photographers located in the LA/OC area, but we still require talented shooters in these other areas 3 to 5 times a year.

Qualifications

There are three important qualifications for all of our assistants.

I. A genuine personality - This doesn’t necessarily mean the most talkative or outgoing personality. However, both our clients and our lead photographers appreciate honest, genuine, and easy-to-work-with individuals.

II. Minimum Equipment - We’re strong believers in a true photographer’s abilities to create lasting imagery with minimal equipment. However, with that said, the wedding industry is a client serving industry, and with that comes the importance of client perception. As such, we’ve established a minimum set of equipment, as well as a preferred set of equipment. In order to be an assistant of LJP, we require you to have access to, either by owning, borrowing, or renting, the following equipment.a. Camera Body:

Minimum – At least one fixed aperture zoom lens (24-105mm f//2.8, or 70-200 either f/2.8 or f/4.0)
Preferred – Full set of lenses at fixed apertures, including a 50mm, 27-70mm f/2.8, and 70-200mm f/2.8

Minimum – 16GB of storage on any brand
Preferred – 32GB of storage on Sandisks or Hoodmans

III. Creativity + Technical Skills – The last qualification is possessing both creativity and technical skills. These are developed over time with experience and training, but in general, it’s important that you start with a minimum foundation of these two skills upon which we can build.

How To Get Started

To get started, we ask that you submit the form below. If you are chosen, we’ll give you a call to chat about your goals, expectations, etc. Instead of going through a formal interview process, we would rather see you in action by inviting you on the next wedding in our schedule as a 3rd or 4th shooter. This first wedding will be one for which the client has not booked an assistant, as we don’t feel it fair to charge clients for assistants with no experience working with our studio. This wedding will be unpaid, however your obligations are limited and we only ask that you show up for the hours that you are available.

If we work well together and we are happy with the image quality, we would then schedule you for future dates as a paid assistant.

We look forward to hearing from you; and feel free to check out our tips and tutorials website, SLR Lounge

Lin and Jirsa Application

I understand that this application will be considered by LJP only when there is a need in the studio. All applications are eventually seen and taken into consideration.

Email*

Name

FirstLast

City

Phone

Website (Portfolio) - List All

I am applying for ...

Post Production Specialist

Freelance Second Shooter

Portrait and Family Photographer

Wedding Cinematographer or Video Editor

Internship/Lighting Assistant

(You may make multiple selections)

If you made multiple selections above, which position are you MOST interested in

Availability (Hours during Weekdays and Weekends)

Please describe your Weekday and Weekend Availability

Equipment Listing (All Camera Bodies, Lenses and Lighting Equipement)

Photography and/or Post Production Experience

Compensation Requirements

You Are Currently

A student

Operating photography studio full time

Working full time

Working part time and second shooting part time

Working part time only

Unemployed

Short Term and Long Term Goals

I Have "Liked" The Following...

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http://www.facebook.com/slrlounge

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Before joining our team, it's important that you become very familiar with everything that we do. Though it is not required, we suggest that you "like" these sites to stay up to date with all that is going on with our studio. Participation and commenting are great ways to stand out from the crowd.